ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MORAL MAJORITY
After Moral Majority, a right-wing US religious organization, based on silent majority.
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I think the moral majority and religious right have been shrinking and having not quite as loud a voice in America, and all of a sudden people are coming to their own realizations going, 'Joe down the street is gay and he's a great guy.'
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORAL MAJORITY»
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Continuity and Change in the Rhetoric of the
Moral Majority
Lead (Falls Church, VA: The Vigeurie Co., 1980); Burton Pines, Back to Basics (
Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1982); William Willoughby, Does
America Need the Moral Majority? (South Plainfield, NJ: Bridge Publishing, 1981)
; ...
2
Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Moral Majority 367 court sessions with prayer and his posting of the Ten
Commandments in the courtroom. The ACLU filed suit against Moore in 1995,
and the State of Alabama in turn filed suit on his behalf. The ACLU claim was
eventually ...
Dr Jerry Falwell, leader of Moral Majority Inc, has decided that Vice-President
Bush would be an appropriate choice to replace Mr Reagan. This support is
further than other conservative Republicans are prepared to venture at the
moment, ...
4
Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics
Moral Majority 287 “pervasively sectarian schools” is easily utilized for religious
indoctrination, and thus the program had the unconstitutional effect of advancing
religion. Like O'Connor, Souter averred that the plurality “espouses a new ...
Paul A. Djupe, Laura R. Olson, 2003
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As chairman of the Moral Majority in New York and a leader of the backlash in
question, he was happy that his activities were causing such a stir; at the same
time, though, he was disgusted. "Look at this," he said, pointing to a picture of two
...
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Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics
While Falwell was quite clear that Moral Majority was a political organization with
an ecumenical base rather than a religious organization, a large number of Moral
Majority activists were members of Baptist churches. The purposes of Moral ...
Jeffrey D. Schultz, John G. West, Iain S. MacLean, 1999
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Conservative Christians and Political Participation: A ...
The Moral Majority claimed a membership of more than 4 million people, but
others estimated an actual membership of approximately 400,000 (Diamond
1998, 67). In the mid-1980s, the organization experienced a decrease in
donations, ...
Glenn H. Utter, James L. True, 2004
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Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics: L-Z
384 Moral Majority (United States) structure, and a Supreme Court actively
attempting, in their view, to undermine public morality by ruling in 1962 and 1963
that organized public school prayer and Bible reading was unconstitutional.
Roy Palmer Domenico, Mark Y. Hanley, 2006
Falwell sought to maintain the Moral Majority as an ecumenical body of political
activists, composed of "Catholics, Jews, Protestants, Mormons, Fundmentalists"
united by the common goal of returning the United States to "moral sanity.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORAL MAJORITY»
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The 1980s, the American Left, and Rubik's Bomb
Even as conservatism and the Evangelical movement and the Moral Majority were gaining within the mainstream American political landscape, ... «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
Religion, secular law must remain separate
Our court justices wear the same blinders as Lady Liberty, oblivious to the cries of a moral majority that insists they are violating the very ... «Bluffton Today, Jul 15»
The religious right's Donald Trump moment: What Franklin Graham's …
Yet ever since the awakening of the self-proclaimed Moral Majority in the late '70s, the insidious, corrosive, corrupting nature of politics has ... «Salon, Jul 15»
Remember the Moral Majority? Russell Moore Says It's Over
He at once declares the end of the Moral Majority and his new reasons for hope. Earlier, the Wall Street Journal's Jay Solomon talks earthly ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
Jews and Christians marching toward Middle East Armageddon
During two of Jerry Falwell's Holy Land tours, Halsell interviewed members of his Moral Majority, all of whom believed that the biblical prophecy ... «Communities Digital News, Jul 15»
Lungu dates South chiefs
... as a notable democratic enterprise made possible by the abundant spirit of tolerance the moral majority of our people so deeply cherish. «Zambia Daily Mail, Jul 15»
GINA BARRECA: I missed the '60s by a hair
... of Love) but instead had to settle for the '70s' Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the rise of the Moral Majority and Love's Baby Soft cologne. «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»
A different take on the moral majority
Peggy Smulligan said in a letter on July 9 that President Obama does not represent the moral majority in this country (it's even “a given”). «Standard Speaker, Jul 15»
In new South, failed dogmas linger amid fresh optimism
Then, that same year, the Moral Majority got started, led by Southerners, announcing up-to-date grievances against big government and ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»
Rick Tryon says adios as conservative columnist
And it isn't really freedom if it doesn't apply to those who think and behave in a way that others, even a moral majority, may not agree with. «Great Falls Tribune, Jul 15»
